Here's the latest news about TV that I read and that you should read too:
■ The SABC's hypocrisy over R.Kelly's music.
■ Iranian state television anchor arrested after landing in America.
Press TV's Marzieh Hashemi arrested on undisclosed charges.
■ The pay-TV bundle strikes back: How video streaming prices caught up with tradition subscription television.
Rising prices mean streaming services cost as much as traditional satellite pay-TV.
■ Welcome to the era of video streaming bundles.
■ Watching your favourite TV show a million times isn't compulsive. It has a name now: Welcome to "comfort binge".
■ Family Guy seen on FOX (DStv 125 / StarSat 131 / Cell C black 201) is phasing out the gay jokes.
"Some of the things we felt comfortable saying and joking about back then, we now understand is not acceptable."
■ Steve Carrell working with executive producer of The Office on a new workplace comedy series, Space Force for Netflix.
■ Netflix and its local video streaming rival Hotstar will both start to censor their content in India.
Self-censorship is an attempt to prevent censorship by India's government.
■ Users have problems with Netflix - beyond the latest price hike.
The original Netflix programming "tends to be hit or miss". And "endless scrolling" is awkward and tiring.
■ Netflix isn't raising prices in India - it can't afford to. It's already the most expensive streaming service there.
■ George R.R. Martin's science fiction horror series, Nightflyers, will become available on Netflix on 1 February.
■ Many people have no idea how much they're paying for Netflix.
Study finds 84% of consumers underestimate what they're spending on video streaming services like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and others.
■ Uganda's speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga fawns over China and lavishes effuse praise on StarTimes for doing the African country's digital terrestrial television (DTT) switch.
■ Welcome to the new pay-TV world.
The user experience from new entrants is incredibly strong – it is fun, engaging and easy to interact with. The most successful operators have focused on emulating the best features and functionalities of the new market entrants to stay competitive.
■ World of Sport wrestling announces new deals, including with StarTimes in Africa.
■ Content classification changes coming to Britain.
To better protect people watching disturbing content on video streaming services.
■ Chinese censors ban male stars from being seen with earrings on TV.
■ Egyptian idiot: TV and films have given women the impression that they can refuse their husbands' call to bed.
■ First human rights TV channel promises to "give a voice to the voiceless".
■ The reality show Temptation Island hasn't changed. We have.
And it's still trash.
■ Second season of Star Trek: Discovery on Netflix is less interesting.
■ Star Trek: Discovery - the technology won but Rodenberry's visionary society is lost.
■ Why is Colton Underwood always showering on The Bachelor?
■ Julia Roberts won't be back for the second season of Homecoming seen on Amazon Prime Video.
